Ruling · Śītalāṣṭamī · 1960

Sunday 20 March

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 495 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Sunday 20 March

Taken. The only midday Aṣṭamī reaches.

madhyāhna begins 12:02  12:50 madhyāhna ends
11:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:1413:38

48 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Monday 21 March

Aṣṭamī is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 12:02  12:50 madhyāhna ends
11:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:1413:38

0 of 48 minutes covered

Aṣṭamī presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 03:47 on Sun 20 Mar to 01:35 on Mon 21 Mar.

    1960-03-19T19:47:09Z → 1960-03-20T17:34:33Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 12:02–12:50 on the 20th, 12:02–12:50 on the 21st.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 48 of 48 minutes on the 20th and 0 of 48 on the 21st.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one midday qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: purvaviddha → only-day · margin 29695 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Śītalāṣṭamī, Baoding, 1960: Sunday 20 March.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Śītalāṣṭamī 1960 falls on Sunday 20 March. Aṣṭamī runs from 03:47 on Sun 20 Mar to 01:35 on Mon 21 Mar and covers all of madhyāhna that midday.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1960/shitalashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingSun 20 Mar
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionSun 20 Mar
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileSun 20 Mar
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/shitalashtami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Phālguna, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Aṣṭamī
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 105

“K 8 Sitalastami, (purvaviddha)” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceAṣṭamīMadhyāhna 19thCoveredMadhyāhna 20thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles11:47 → 09:3511:3738 min11:370 min19 Mar
Chicago13:47 → 11:3511:350 min11:340 min20 Mar
Jersey City14:47 → 12:3511:400 min11:4048 min20 Mar
Port of Spain15:47 → 13:3511:500 min11:5048 min20 Mar
London19:47 → 17:3511:450 min11:4548 min20 Mar
Durban21:47 → 19:3511:390 min11:3948 min20 Mar
Dubai23:47 → 21:3512:030 min12:0348 min20 Mar
Delhi01:17 → 23:0512:050 min12:0548 min20 Mar
Kolkata01:17 → 23:0511:210 min11:2048 min20 Mar
Singapore03:17 → 01:0512:190 min12:1848 min20 Mar
Sydney05:47 → 03:3511:390 min11:3948 min20 Mar
Suva07:47 → 05:3511:500 min11:5048 min20 Mar
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
shitalashtami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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